NOVELOUS

by SHOGAKUKAN INC. · Books & Reference · Free

On Google Play since January 2025 · Data updated 2026-11-01

NOVELOUS is made and published by SHOGAKUKAN INC. AppBrain is an independent app data site and isn't affiliated with SHOGAKUKAN INC. The app name, icon, screenshots and description belong to SHOGAKUKAN INC. and are shown as published on Google Play.

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Loved by users

Total installs: 99 thousand
Rating on Google Play: 4.51; 335 ratings
Last updated: October 19, 2026

NOVELOUS has 99 thousand installs. Users love it: 4.5 stars from 335 ratings.

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Installs

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Last 30 days: 5.6 thousand
Per day: 190; 30-day average
Play install range: 50+ thousand
Launched: January 2025

Installs over time

NOVELOUS has been installed 99 thousand times. Over the past 30 days, it averaged 190 installs per day.

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NOVELOUS Light Novels

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Releases

Updates seen on Google Play

Version: 1.4.1
Launched: January 2025

Oct 19, 2026UpdateVersion 1.4.1
Oct 5, 2026UpdateVersion 1.4.0
Aug 26, 2026UpdateVersion 1.3.11
Aug 5, 2026UpdateVersion 1.3.10
Jul 30, 2026UpdateVersion 1.3.9

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Comments on NOVELOUS for Android

★★★★☆ Harry Graver · Jul 23, 2026

Great manga and light novel options, and they give you the option to unlock up to 3 chapters a day without using coins (ads instead) so better than most others in that regard. They are also pretty generous with giving you free coins to unlock more chapters for simple things like reading a few chapters of different novels or comics. Overall pretty good.

★★★★★ Joseph Licciardone (TechnOlantern) · Aug 25, 2026

Love the app, it has alot of great comics and novels to read

★☆☆☆☆ Nathan Detjen · May 18, 2025

Genuinely a bad app. Spams you with adds and constantly prompts you to buy "coins" Has little to no information about the original author(s) little to no light novel's, all of which are completely and utterly generic in nature. I had extremely high hopes for this app, and it utterly failed any and all of my expectations.

★☆☆☆☆ S A · Mar 2, 2025

Low quality AI translations read unnaturally and are insulting to the original Japanese writers. Do their stories justice and invest in professional human translators! Cannot recommend this at all.

★★☆☆☆ Podo Draken · Jul 1, 2026

2 stars because it works. Not a good source of quality light novels. Those that I read were poorly written and just chasing popular themes of web comics. Two free chapters, term used loosely as the chapters contained a dozen to two dozen three line paragraphs, then costly to open up further chapters. Don't expect to find anything well known. Not for me but might work for others.

★☆☆☆☆ Comic Sans · Nov 10, 2025

Can't rate higher than 1 star right now, because no matter what I do, the app won't open for me, so I can't give it a fair shot. I've tried closing and reopening the app, force stopping it and then reopening it, and even shutting down and rebooting my phone, but the app won't load even after 2–5 minutes of sitting at the first screen. Please fix this ASAP!

★☆☆☆☆ C. T. Nelson · Jan 24, 2025

AI TRASH Don't offer this app your time or money because all it offers are books translated with AI, a Coin based payment system, and stupid speech bubbles. Pay real people to translate your works, and keep AI out of our books!

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Ads: Contains ads
Price: Free
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App size: 77.0 MB
Content rating: High

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About the app and developer

About NOVELOUS

NOVELOUS is a books & reference app developed by SHOGAKUKAN INC.

Install Statistics

NOVELOUS has been downloaded 99 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 5.6 thousand times.

User Ratings

NOVELOUS is rated 4.51 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 340 ratings.

App Information

NOVELOUS is freely available from Google Play. The APK size is 76.98 MB. The latest APK version available is 1.4.1. The last update was on October 19, 2026.

Technical Requirements

The app has a content rating of High Maturity. The app has been available on Google Play since January 2025.

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Store listing

By SHOGAKUKAN INC., from Google Play

“Dive into the World of Light Novels!”

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Description by SHOGAKUKAN INC. Written by the developer, not by AppBrain. Click to read.

Japanese anime starts here — Shogakukan’s official English light novels. Free to start, plus manga and webtoons!

Recent changes:
New feature: "Take a Peek" at comics on the Home screen

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